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Legend11 said:
 

Ok, in your first paragraph you talk about shovelware. In your second paragraph you state: "The Wii is no different. It caught developers off guard so of course the first few titles you will see are going to be shovelware. However, I submit to you that these games are no more crap than some generic shooter like Area 51 being made for the PS3 and 360.". I must have misunderstood your post because it looked to my like you were comparing shovelware to Area 51.


I am comparing quick cash-ins to Area 51. Why? Because it's no more reasonable to complain about the quick cash-in Wii games than it is to judge one of the 2,934 FPS games slated for release on the 360 and PS3 this year. We don't know, hence the line you bolded. These games should not be held to a different standard or judged in any different way than a random shooter on the 360. People are complaining simply because of the system it's on.



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naznatips said:
 

I've heard too much about DQS being disappointing. I'm trying to keep the list devoid of controversy, but keep the big anticipated titles on there, and yeah, we don't know enough about Chocobo's Dungeon. The list isn't there to create conflict, it's there to resolve it. So again, trying to keep games on there that most people on this forum would agree have some decent potential.

 
Well like I said in my edit, what about Project O? Dewy, Civilization Revolution, Nitrobike, Opoona? I see some people trying to write Opoona off but I don't know why. It's got potential and it's being done by the same development house that did Dragon Quest VII. 

 



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naznatips said:
 

I am comparing quick cash-ins to Area 51. Why? Because it's no more reasonable to complain about the quick cash-in Wii games than it is to judge one of the 2,934 FPS games slated for release on the 360 and PS3 this year. We don't know, hence the line you bolded. These games should not be held to a different standard or judged in any different way than a random shooter on the 360. People are complaining simply because of the system it's on.


Um no. A51 is a legit game, just becasue you hate FPS is not our fault. What do nintendo suporters have agianst FPS games, is it because your console does not have any great shooters you have to hate it.

A51 is in no way shape or form the same thing as those mediore quick cash ins on the wii.



naznatips said:
Legend11 said:
 

Ok, in your first paragraph you talk about shovelware. In your second paragraph you state: "The Wii is no different. It caught developers off guard so of course the first few titles you will see are going to be shovelware. However, I submit to you that these games are no more crap than some generic shooter like Area 51 being made for the PS3 and 360.". I must have misunderstood your post because it looked to my like you were comparing shovelware to Area 51.


I am comparing quick cash-ins to Area 51. Why? Because it's no more reasonable to complain about the quick cash-in Wii games than it is to judge one of the 2,934 FPS games slated for release on the 360 and PS3 this year. We don't know, hence the line you bolded. These games should not be held to a different standard or judged in any different way than a random shooter on the 360. People are complaining simply because of the system it's on.


Blacksite: Area 51 is not shovelware/quick cash-in though, it has a good budget, and they're working hard on it (graphics, multiplayer, storyline, etc).  FPS may all seem the same to you but they can play vastly different (especially online).  Anyways I won't bother trying to argue this with you since you've gotten it into your head that Blacksite: Area 51 is shovelware, and it's not worth it to show you that you're wrong.



Hus said:
BenKenobi88 said:
Hus said:

Question for all those that out right disagree with the article, did you even read it ? and if you did what specific paragraph is so wrong in your opinion ?

Many of you seem so angry, i just want to know what caused it.


Pretty much right when the writer quickly throws away Excite Truck and Mario Party as complete crap. I completely disagree with him, as I've had more fun with Excite Truck than a lot of recent racers...the controls were new and fun, and the graphics weren't half bad...moving along at 60 fps it was very fast. Mario Party was an overall enjoyable game...it only gets mediocre reviews because it's the 8th game and not much is new. That doesn't inherently make it bad though.

And this guy's whole article hinges on his opinion that 3rd party games on the Wii suck...even though I'd disagree with him on a lot of games.


His opinion are based on reviews, both did not get great numbers with MP8 getting slamed by a few major review sources. So then you disagree with all the reviews those games got and not just the writer ?


I realize I'm not as mad about the Mario Party, Excite Truck thing, as I'm mad about what I wrote in the post right after the one you quoted.

 



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BenKenobi88 said:
Also this paragraph is completely messed up:
"Now it doesn’t take a genius (or a hardcore gamer) to realize that the current offerings on Nintendo’s Wii have been stark awful, with the exception of Twilight Princess and Paper Mario. This is not to say that games like Project Sylpheed, Hour of Victory or Vampire Rain haven’t left bad tastes in the mouths of Xbox 360 or PC gamers. But this is to point out that surrounding the releases of both of Microsoft’s Vampire Rain and Project Sylpheed was Forza Motorsport 2 and the upcoming Halo 3. The latter are anything but bargain-bin bait. Even Midway’s Hour of Victory will be followed by the likes of Unreal Tournament III and John Woo Presents Stranglehold. "
He claims that the other consoles have their fair share of crap games, but the fact that Forza 2 and Halo 3 surround such games makes up for it. He implies Hour of Victory will be crap, but UT3 will make up for it.

What? Well then...I'll say Boogie is crap, but Metroid 3 makes up for it. Endless Ocean could be crap, but Mario Galaxy or Super Smash Brothers Brawl will make up for it.

He picks and chooses games from systems to formulate his arguments and isn't fair in the slightest.

I can certainly accept that the Wii has plenty of sh*t games coming out, but the good games make up for it in my opinion, and even though that works for the 360 with this writer, he doesn't acknowledge the AAA games coming out for Wii.

 Ok.  But do the good games really make up for it, other then the often mentioned Metriod Galaxy and SSBM and also Final FantasyCC there really is not all that much left on the wii of quality.



Hus said:

Ok. But do the good games really make up for it, other then the often mentioned Metriod Galaxy and SSBM and also Final FantasyCC there really is not all that much left on the wii of quality.


Ok first of all I don't think you even know what you are talking about, which is evidensed by your mention of "Metroid Galaxy" as one game, and then mentioning the already released smash brothers game.

Aside from all of that, from your posts I gather you don't like the games on the Wii, and thats fine you don't have to purchase them.  But if you want to have a conversation like this you at least have to be able to see why a game appeals to other people even when it doesn't appeal to you.



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Sqrl said:
Hus said:

Ok. But do the good games really make up for it, other then the often mentioned Metriod Galaxy and SSBM and also Final FantasyCC there really is not all that much left on the wii of quality.


Ok first of all I don't think you even know what you are talking about, which is evidensed by your mention of "Metroid Galaxy" as one game, and then mentioning the already released smash brothers game.

 


 Thats a really sad rebuttal, it really is.

so i forgot a , sue me.



Hus said:
Sqrl said:
Hus said:

Ok. But do the good games really make up for it, other then the often mentioned Metriod Galaxy and SSBM and also Final FantasyCC there really is not all that much left on the wii of quality.


Ok first of all I don't think you even know what you are talking about, which is evidensed by your mention of "Metroid Galaxy" as one game, and then mentioning the already released smash brothers game.

 


Thats a really sad rebuttal, it really is.

so i forgot a , sue me.


one sad rebuttal deserves another?

PS - I added a bit to it, so you may want to check it again.

edit: and you apparently don't know the difference between SSBB and SSBM, but you ignored that part I guess.... 



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Hus said:
naznatips said:
 

I am comparing quick cash-ins to Area 51. Why? Because it's no more reasonable to complain about the quick cash-in Wii games than it is to judge one of the 2,934 FPS games slated for release on the 360 and PS3 this year. We don't know, hence the line you bolded. These games should not be held to a different standard or judged in any different way than a random shooter on the 360. People are complaining simply because of the system it's on.


Um no. A51 is a legit game, just becasue you hate FPS is not our fault. What do nintendo suporters have agianst FPS games, is it because your console does not have any great shooters you have to hate it.

A51 is in no way shape or form the same thing as those mediore quick cash ins on the wii.


How about this: You prove to me that Area 51 has a higher budget than Dewey's Adventure and we'll continue this discussion. Btw, I don't hate FPS games at all. Counter Strike is one of my favorite games of all time.

What I'm asking you (and legend) to prove is that there is any difference between judging this game and judging random Wii games you are dubing "crappy" before playing them. This is a ridiculous, fanboyish, and one-sided point of view. It's okay for you to assume all Wii games are bad but how DARE someone question the validity of a 360 game.